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It sounds all right to me. You were shocked to see that the price was so unreasonable.
Cross-posted with Charliewyoung. Perhaps there's a difference between BE and AE. The price was certainly an obstacle to your buying the thing.

Senior Member

It sounds all right to me. You were shocked to see that the price was so unreasonable.
Cross-posted with Charliewyoung. Perhaps there's a difference between BE and AE. The price was certainly an obstacle to your buying the thing.

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No. "To balk/baulk at the price" implies that you were interested in buying something but lost interest immediately you discovered the price. The sentence at post 1) sounds fine to me: only well-heeled (= wealthy) business people won't lose interest when they discover the price.

Senior Member

It sounds all right to me. You were shocked to see that the price was so unreasonable.
Cross-posted with Charliewyoung. Perhaps there's a difference between BE and AE. The price was certainly an obstacle to your buying the thing.